Competition Act, 1998 (Act No. 89 of 1998)

In these Regulations any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act shall bear that meaning and, unless the context otherwise indicates—

means the Competition Act No. 89 of 1998, as amended;

means customers that purchase goods and services for purposes of reselling or as an input into production;

includes a person (juristic or natural), partnership or a trust. This may include a combination of firms that form part of a single economic entity, a division and/or a business unit of a firm;

means businesses who deliver or otherwise sell another firm's products or services to customers;

has the same meaning as defined in the Act;

means small business, micro business or medium-sized business as defined by the Minister in Government Gazette No.987 of 12 July 2019 or its successor in title, or business, as the context dictates and as defined by section 1 of the Act;

means the Competition Commission, a juristic person established in terms of section 19 of the Act empowered to investigate, control and evaluate competition matters in South Africa in accordance with the Act; and

means the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition.